Zoology

Highlights of the Department

Students secure good ranks in Patna University. 6-9 girls are among the top ten in Patna University Exams.
Organizes students activities on a regular basis under the banner of Environment Conservation Outreach (ECO) task force.
Completed one UGC Major Project and two Minor Projects.

Activities

Webinar News

The Department of Zoology, Patna Women’s College, Autonomous, Patna University, Patna organised an International Webinar on the Topic : Academic Career Trajectories for Biology Students on 11.06.20.

The Resource Person was Dr. Ankur Singh, Lecturer, Centre for Health Equity and Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School Population and Global Health, Honorary(Fellow) Melbourne Dental School.

More than 200 students from various states of India actively participated in the Webinar. E-certificates were given to all the participants.

Dr. Sister Rashmi AC, Principal, Patna Women’s College,Autonomous addressed the participants of the Webinar. Prof.(Dr.) Shahla Yasmin, Head, Department of Zoology and Dean, Science Faculty, PWC introduced the Guest Speaker and the topic of the Webinar. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Shobha Shrivastava, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology.

World Environment Day .

On the occasion of World Environment Day, (05.06.20) the ECO Task Force, Patna Women’s College , Autonomous, Patna University , organised a Speech Contest on the Theme : ‘Positive and Negative Impacts of Lockdown on Environment,The Prize Winners are:

Position	Name	Department
First	Nishi Gupta	BA
Second	Prakriti Pandey	Economics
Third	Maneeshi Mani , Poorvi Gupta,	Zoology , Sociology
Consolation	Komal Kumari , Swati Singh	Sociology , Zoology

On the occasion of World Environment Day, (05.06.20)the ECO Task Force, Patna Women’s College,Autonomous,Patna University, organised Poster Competition on the Theme : ‘Alternative to curb Plastic Pollution ‘.
86 students of various departments of PWC participated.
The Prize Winners are :

Position	Name	Department
First	Tripti Chaurasia	Mathematics
Second	Urvi Swami	Zoology
Third	Nibha Singh	Botany
Consolation	Purnima , Tripti Choudhary	Zoology , Microbiology

World Environment Day

Undergraduate students carry out research projects under the CPE and BSR schemes of UGC.
There are facilities for carrying out research for Ph.D.
Thrust areas for research are Ecotoxicology, Environment and Human Health and Histopathology.

PWC organized a DBT sponsored Guest Lecture on the Topic: ‘Water Crisis and its Conservation’ on 24.08.2019. The Speaker was Dr Gopal Sharma, Dy Director, ZSI, Patna, Bihar and Jharkhand.
Students of Botany, Chemistry, Geography and Zoology attended the Lecture.